I painted my walls white, but then tacked sheets of black Foamcor to the wall around the enlarger. Inexpensive, easy to put up, easy to take down.
Shannon, I used a Sheet of flat black Formica screwed to the wall behind the enlarger. The remaining walls and ceiling area painted with white water base gloss paint. The 2 safe lights are directed obliquely towards the ceiling in a way to provide adequate lighting and pass a fog test. My preference is to run a dim dark room while printing, as this makes it easier to see what is projected on the easel. My wet side has small low voltage dimmable halogen track light mounted on individual fixtures with sting pull switches to illuminate the sinks. I can turn on individual lights by pulling string switches when needed. i.e. viewing a wet print. The master dimmer; a slide type with an on and off switch; is used to calibrated the viewing light so that it compensates for print dry down as suggested by Ralph Lambrecht. I also use a Mini Mag light modified to be safe in the dark room when I need a temporary light to adjust the enlarger lens etc. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Georges Giralt Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 6:55 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Darkrooms Selon Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:> Do not forget to paint flat black the wall and ceiling surrounding the > enlarger > to cut stray light from bouncing onto the paper during printing time, > paint > everithing else flat black in order to have the darkroom as luminous > as you can > get with one or two safelights (safelight screens are getting rarer > and > expensive these days...) Not sure what you mean here about the paint: just paint black around the enlarger? Or everywhere?Yes, make a "dark hole" around the enlarger to catch stray light from it, and paint everything else white. Refrain from using plastic sheets around the enlarger as they often are quite reflctive... Been there...
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